On a jack high flop with one spade, Steven Watts battled with Maksim Lykov and the second spade on the turn saw another big bet. A third spade appeared with the final community card and Lykov bet big, Watts put him all in with holding the for the second nut flush. Unfortunately, Lykov held for the better back door flush and doubled up.
Jared Jaffee bet 6,000 into a pot with approximately 11,000 in it on a flop and was raised by the player in Seat 7 to 15,000. The player in Seat 1 tanked for a good minute before letting his hand go and Jaffee was quick to move the last of his chips into the middle and was quickly called by his opponent. Jaffee held for a flush draw while his foe held for a pair of kings.
The turn was the and Jaffee would need a heart to win the pot. The river was the and that would be enough to end this entry for Jaffee. With this being a reentry event until Level 9 starts, there's a good chance we'll see Jaffee take his seat at another table in a few minutes. For now though he's busto.
It is often hard to tell whether or not it is Christophe or Matthias de Meulder. But since Christophe used the hashtag for this event, we are now convinced that it is him that sat down not long ago. Heinz Kamutzki has joined the action as well.
Christophe Gross three-bet an open raise from a player in early position and then got the remainder of his stack all in on a ten high flop with . The original raiser snapped him off with pocket jacks and both the turn and river blanked.
We are not sure if Amit Makhija and Athanasios Polychronopoulos will re-enter, but for now they have been running out of chips and headed out of the ballroom.
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